Automatic configuration of a computer system based on process modeling of an implemented process

摘要

A configuration architecture automatically links the output of a business process modeler to a business system configuration tool. The output of the business process modeler is translated into a representation of a source business process that is used by the business system configuration tool to automatically generate configuration templates. A user can provide configuration information through the configuration templates. The configuration inputs are applied to an implementation of a business system to obtain a configured, working business system instance with the same functionality as the source business process.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
obtaining, by a computing process modeler, a representation of a source computing process, wherein the representation models activities in the source computing process that perform computing process functionality; generating, by the computing process modeler, a representation of a user interface display comprising a selection user input mechanism for user selection of a configuration tool instance; receiving an indication of user actuation of the selection user input mechanism, identifying a configuration tool instance that is to be used; based on the identified configuration tool instance, translating the representation of the source computing process to a translated representation, wherein the translated representation conforms to a format of the identified configuration tool instance and represents the modeled activities in the source computing process; using the identified configuration tool interface to generate a configuration template from the translated representation, wherein the configuration template is generated based on the modeled activities in the source computing process and comprises a user configuration input mechanism that receives an indication of a user configuration input; and based on the indication of the user configuration input, configuring a computing system instance for runtime operation, the configured computing system instance having the computing process functionality.